Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Reproduction in Organisms

Question:

Which among the following is a example of perennial plant?

Options:

Wheat

Pea

Bamboo

Maize

Correct Answer:

Bamboo

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) -Bamboo

Perennial, any plant that persists for several years, usually with new herbaceous growth from a part that survives from growing season to growing season. Bamboo species is perenial and it flower only once in their life time, generally after 50-100 years, produce large number of fruits and die.

Annual plants complete their life cycle in one growing season, from germination to the production of seeds, and then die.

Wheat is an annual plant, meaning it completes its life cycle in one growing season. Pea and Maize (corn) are also planted, grown, and harvested within a single year.